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- Districts and Data: Developing Capacity for Effective Data Use

- Cassie Pickens Jewell, Libby Makowsky and Kristin Hallgren
- What is Moral Sanctity? Sanctity in the Moral Worldviews of U.S. Political Liberals

- Allison DiBianca Fasoli, Alexandra Saunders and Irene Andrade
- Options for Building Coaching Practices into TANF Programs: A Comparison of Five Models

- Michelle Derr and Kristen Joyce
- Sensitivity of Teacher Value-Added Estimates to Student and Peer Control Variables (Journal Article)

- Matthew T. Johnson, Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill
- 2012 Regional Partnership Grants to Increase the Well-Being of and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for Children Affected by Substance Abuse: Second Annual Report to Congress

- Debra A. Strong, Sarah A. Avellar, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Megan Hague-Angus and Caroline Massad Francis
- Touchpoints for Addressing Substance Use Issues in Home Visiting: Executive Summary of Phase 1 Final Report

- Mynti Hossain, Lauren Akers, Patricia Del Grosso, Marisa Shenk, Michael Cavanaugh and Melissa Azur
- Wash For Life: Stage 2 Grantee Profiles

- Clair Null, Jeremy Paley, Jamie McCasland, Jeremy Brecher-Haimson and Christina Phelps
- The Multiple Comparisons Problem in IES Impact Evaluations: Guidelines and Applications

- Peter Z. Schochet and John Deke
- Descriptive Data on Region XI Head Start Children and Families: AIAN FACES Spring 2020 Data Tables and Study Design

- Myley Dang, Sara Bernstein, Elizabeth Doran, Ann Li, Ashley Kopack Klein, Natalie Reid, Myah Scott, Sharika Rakibullah, Judy Cannon, Jeff Harrington, Addison Larson, Nikki Aikens, Louisa Tarullo and Lizabeth Malone
- The Pregnancy Assistance Fund: Launching Programs to Support Expectant and Parenting Youth

- Ann E. Person, Elizabeth Clary, Susan Zief, Katie Adamek, Valerie Caplan and Julie Worthington
- Improving Employment Outcomes: Using Innovative Goal-Oriented Strategies in TANF Programs

- Michelle Derr, Jonathan McCay and Jacqueline F. Kauff
- Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume I: Cross-Site Perspectives

- Ellen Eliason Kisker, John M. Love, Helen Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Diane Paulsell, Linda Rosenberg, Kathleen Coolahan and Lisa J. Berlin
- Final Evaluation of Increasing Economic and Social Empowerment for Adolescent Girls and Vulnerable Women (EMPOWER) in Zambia

- Ale Aponte, Evan Fantozzi, Amanda Beatty, Gelson Tembo, Chisangu Matome, Nathan Tembo and Evan Borkum
- Supporting Parents with Child Care During Training

- Nickie Fung, Jessica Harding, Elizabeth Brown, Kara Conroy, Jeanette Holdbrook, Grace Roemer and Max Rankin
- Addressing the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Through School-Based Interventions: What Has Been Done and Where Do We Go from Here?

- Karen E. Peterson and Mary Kay Fox
- Financial Challenges in New Integrated Care Programs: Deconstructing Rate-Setting Issues in Search of Solutions

- James Verdier
- AB Demonstration: Recruitment, Process, and Impact Findings After One Year

- David Wittenburg
- Selecting and Testing Measures of Self-Regulation Skills Among Low-Income Populations

- Tim Kautz and Quinn Moore
- Marcos Institucionales Para la Evaluación de PolÃticas Públicas (Presentation)

- Lorenzo Moreno
- Differences in Enrollee Outcomes Among Medicaid Managed Care Organizations

- Lorenzo Moreno and Sheila Hoag
- Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care

- Marsha Gold, Jessica Nysenbaum and Sonya Streeter
- Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables

- Stacy Berg Dale and Alan Krueger
- National Survey of SSI Children and Families Data Collection and Survey Content

- Susan Mitchell
- Moving High-Performing Teachers: Implementation of Transfer Incentives in Seven Districts

- Steven Glazerman, Ali Protik, Bing-ru Teh, Julie Bruch and Neil Seftor
- Unexpected Arrivals: The Spillover Effects of Mid-Year Entry on Stable Student Achievement in New York City

- Emilyn Ruble Whitesell, Leanna Stiefel and Amy Schwartz
- Identifying and Benchmarking the Number of Medicaid Beneficiaries with Comprehensive Benefits in 2017 (Brief)

- Laura Nolan, Allison Barrett, Mary Allison Geibel, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker
- Changes in Financial Aid and Student Enrollment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities After the Tightening of PLUS Credit Standards

- Matthew Johnson, Julie Bruch and Brian Gill
- Collective Action in Games as in Life: Experimental Evidence from Canal Cleaning in Haiti

- Abbie Turiansky
- Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Illinois KidCare Program

- Amy Westpfahl Lutzky and Heidi Kapustka
- Adapting Evaluations of Alternative Payment Models to a Changing Environment

- Thomas W. Grannemann and Randall S. Brown
- Improving the Connectedness of Long-Term Care Providers: Cross Site Report

- Beth Stevens, Bridget Lavin and Valerie Cheh
- Improving the Income Allocation Procedures in MATH

- Pat Doyle and Carole Trippe
- Promising Results from the Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network Analysis

- Debbie Peikes, Greg Peterson and Randall Brown
- Improving the Rigor of Quasi-Experimental Impact Evaluations: Lessons for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Researchers

- Brian Goesling and Joanne Lee
- The State of Teacher Induction in Urban America

- Martha Bleeker, Sarah Dolfin, Amy Johnson, Steven Glazerman, Eric Isenberg and Mary Grider
- Measurement of Childhood Serious Emotional Disturbance: State of the Science and Issues for Consideration

- Heather Ringeisen, Leyla Stambaugh, Cecilia Casanueva, Beth Stroul, Jerry West, Jonaki Bose, Sarra Hedden, Gary Blau, Shelli Avenevoli, Lisa Colpe, Kathleen Merikangas, Glorisa Canino, Alice Carter, William E. Copeland, Prudence W. Fisher, Joan Kaufman and William Narrow
- Strategies for Improving Attendance in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten: Toolkit for Districts, Schools, and Early Childhood Providers

- Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi and Felicia Hurwitz
- An Exploration of Instructional Practices that Foster Language Development and Comprehension: Evidence from Prekindergarten through Grade 3 in Title I Schools

- Hanley Chiang, Elias Walsh, Timothy Shanahan, Claudia Gentile, Alyssa Maccarone, Tiffany Waits, Barbara Carlson and Samuel Rikoon
- Strategic Engagement of Policymakers Is Key to Advancing a Children's Health Care Coverage Policy Agenda

- Debra Draper, Laurie Felland, Ian Hill and Sara Hogan
- Psychometric Analysis of Child Outcome Measures with American Indian and Alaska Native Preschoolers: Initial Evidence from AI/AN FACES 2015

- Lizabeth Malone, Sara Bernstein, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Yange Xue
- Disease Management Technologies: User Needs Can Guide Decision Making

- Rachel Shapiro and Lorenzo Moreno
- The Struggle to Sustain Employment: The Effectiveness of the Postemployment Services Demonstration

- Anu Rangarajan and Tim Novak
- COVID-19 Risk in Rural North Carolina

- Aparna Keshaviah, Cindy Hu and Marisa Henry
- Medicare Beneficiaries and Choice in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2000

- Marsha Gold, Cheryl Young and Beth Stevens
- SCAN Policies Database Fact Sheet

- Elizabeth Weigensberg and Nuzhat Islam
- Does Medicare HMO Enrollment Cause Adverse Selection in Medigap?

- Deborah Chollet and Adele Kirk
- Logics of Freedom: Debating Religious Freedom Laws and Gay and Lesbian Rights

- Emily Kazyak, Kelsy Burke and Mathew Stange
- Thinking Through Evaluation Design Options

- Barbara Devaney and Peter Rossi
- The Business Case for Pediatric Asthma Quality Improvement in Low-Income Populations: Examining a Provider-Based Pay-for-Reporting Intervention

- Kristin L. Reiter, Kristin Andrews Lemos, Charlotte E. Williams, Dominick Esposito and Sandra B. Greene
- Predictors of Long-Term Recovery in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Data from a 22-Year Longitudinal Study

- Debra L. Franko, Nassim Tabri, Aparna Keshaviah, Helen B. Murray, David B. Herzog, Jennifer J. Thomas, Kathryn Coniglio, Pamela K. Keel and Kamryn T. Eddy
- Making Effective Use of Postsecondary Data in K-12 Education Settings

- Luke Heinkel, Kristin Hallgren, Brian Gill and Megan Shoji
- Iowa Families That Left TANF: How Are They Faring Two Years Later?

- Jacqueline Kauff, Thomas Fraker and Julita Milliner-Waddell
- Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Impact of Consumer Direction of Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas (Journal Article)

- Leslie Foster, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Lepidus Carlson
- Improving Access to Early Care and Education: An Equity-Focused Policy Research Agenda

- Jessica F. Harding and Diane Paulsell
- Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey's Youngest Learners: Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: How to Choose and Implement Proven Strategies to Improve Attendance

- Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi and Felicia Hurwitz
- The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness: Report on Interim Findings

- Robin Lake, Brianna Dusseault, Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt and Paul Hill
- Strengthening Partnerships Between Fatherhood and Human Services Programs to Improve Father Engagement

- Armando Yañez and Rebekah Selekman
- Overview of the Independent Evaluation of CPC+

- Various Authors
- Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After Two Years

- Hanley Chiang, Alison Wellington, Kristin Hallgren, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann, Steven Glazerman and Jill Constantine
- Focusing on the Boys: The Longer-Term Impacts of Wise Guys in Davenport, Iowa

- Reginald D. Covington, Robert G. Wood and Brian Goesling
- Expanding Coverage for Children: The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative

- Christopher Trenholm
- Youth and Family Participation in the Governance of Residential Treatment Facilities

- Jonathan D. Brown, Henry T. Ireys, Kamala Allen, Tara Krissik, Kirsten Barrett, Sheila A. Pires and Gary Blau
- The Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Models: Design Report

- Paul Decker, John Deke, Amy Johnson, Daniel Mayer, John Mullens and Peter Schochet
- Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger (EDECH): The Virginia 365 Project

- Charlotte Cabili, Pia Caronongan, Philip Gleason, Ronette Briefel, Nicholas Redel, Sarah Forrestal, Gregory Chojnacki and Breanna Wakar
- Reopening Schools Safely: New Evidence on Mitigating COVID-19 Spread

- Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
- Evaluation of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in the Chicago Public Schools: Study Design Report

- Steven Glazerman, Allison McKie, Nancy Carey and Dominic Harris
- Background Paper for Assessing the Evaluability of the HHS Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

- Valerie Cheh and Rachel Shapiro
- Prevalence of Unclaimed Prescriptions at Military Pharmacies

- Dominick Esposito, Eric Schone, Thomas Williams, Su Liu, Karen CyBulski, Rita Stapulonis and Nancy Clusen
- An Examination of the Maternal Health Quality of Care Landscape in India

- So O'Neil, Katie Naeve and Rajani Ved
- Effective Employment Services for Persons with Mental Retardation

- Paul T. Decker and Craig Thornton
- Using Advanced Analytics to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes for Children and Families

- Elizabeth Weigensberg
- HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 7 Transcript: Urban Institute)

- Demetra Nightingale, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab
- Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center Creating a Data Model to Analyze TANF Caseloads

- Emily Wiegand, Robert Goerge and Leah Gjertson
- Case Study of North Carolina: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice

- Christopher Trenholm, Embry Howell and Brigette Courtot
- Nutritional Quality of Congregate and Home-Delivered Meals Offered in the Title III-C Nutrition Services Program: An Examination Utilizing the Healthy Eating Index Tool

- Katherine Niland, Mary Kay Fox and Elizabeth Gearan
- What Have We Learned Using Merged Administrative Data from the Social Security Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration?

- David Stapleton and Frank Martin
- Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Final Report on Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance Across Four Years (Executive Summary)

- Hanley Chiang, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann, Kristin Hallgren, Paul Burkander and Alison Wellington
- Practice Characteristics of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Physicians

- Peter I. Buerhaus, Catherine M. DesRoches, Robert Dittus and Karen Donelan
- Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) Demonstration: 2012

- Ann M. Collins, Ronette Briefel, Jacob Alex Klerman, Gretchen Rowe, Anne Wolf, Christopher W. Logan, Anne Gordon, Carrie Wolfson, Ayesha Enver, Cheryl Owens, Charlotte Cabili and Stephen Bell
- Analyzing the Association between Student Weight Status and School Meal Participation: Evidence from the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study

- Sarah Bardin and Alice Ann Gola
- Combination Classes and Educational Achievement (Conference Paper)

- Jaime Thomas
- WIC-Medicaid II Feasibility Study: Final Report Appendices

- Keith Kranker, Mary Kay Fox, Nora Paxton and Jessica Galin
- Financial Considerations: Rate Setting for Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) in Integrated Care Programs

- Jenna Libersky and James Verdier
- After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth (In Focus Brief)

- Roberto Agodini, Barbara Harris, Neil Seftor, Janine Remillard and Melissa Thomas
- Medicaid Analytic Extract Provider Characteristics (MAXPC) Evaluation Report, 2010

- Deo Bencio
- Consequences of Inaccurate Medicaid Administrative Data on Survey Response Rates and Medicaid Health Policy Issues

- Anne Ciemnecki, Karen CyBulski and Judith Wooldridge
- The Child SSI Program and the Changing Safety Net

- David Wittenburg, John Tambornino, Elizabeth Brown, Gretchen Rowe, Mason DeCamillis and Gilbert Crouse
- Elementary Math Programs in the Pittsburgh Public Schools: A Comparison of Everyday Math and Harcourt Math

- Brian Gill, Catherine Nelson, Julia Kaufman and Kevin Booker
- How Do Parents Evaluate and Select Schools? Evidence From a Survey Experiment

- Shira Haderlein
- Workforce Development for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Training Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

- Kristin L. Geonnotti, Eugene C. Rich and Dominick Esposito
- Minnesota Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report

- Purvi Sevak, Matthew Kehn, Todd Honeycutt and Gina Livermore
- Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: Findings from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership (Stated Briefly)

- Moira McCullough, Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang, Brian Gill and Irina Cheban
- A More Diverse Teaching Force May Improve Educational Outcomes for Minority Students (Infographic)

- Jeffrey Terziev
- Leading the Change: A Comparison of the Principal Supervisor Role in Principal Supervisor Initiative Districts and Other Urban Districts

- Ellen B. Goldring, Laura K. Rogers and Melissa A. Clark
- A Vision for Research on Universal Preschool: Background, Purpose, and Goals of the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Program and Its Evaluation

- Katie Fallin, Michael L. López, Patricia Lozano, Christine Ong and Jessica Brauner
- Effective Evaluation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education and School-Age Care

- Gail Zellman, Richard Brandon, Kimberly Boller and J. Lee Kreader
- Pneumonia, 1992-2002: Appendix B, Detailed Tables, Appendix C, ICD9 Codes for Pneumonia Cohorts

- Robert Schmitz
- The Role of Goal Setting in Integrated Service Delivery

- Mary Anne Anderson, Lindsay Ochoa, Margaret Sullivan and Nan Maxwell
- Massachusetts Homeless Triage Assessment

- James Mabli and Hande Inanc
- Promoting Family Engagement, Stability, and Well-Being Through Youth-Enrichment Grants

- Jonathan McCay and Lily Roberts
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